On Wednesday 18 January 2006 15:51, Josh Burks wrote: > On 1/18/06, Richard Bronosky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow, great stuff. I like the link you included. > > > > To answer the you're whipped... and, you should do what sounds best... > > arguments. Let me say that I agree with her "ahem" (I don't think the > > following word is appropriate for her, but here goes) Logic. I have > > never owned a surround system. Just about anything I do is going to > > sound better than the speakers built into the plasma. I'm just seeing > > the opportunity to step it up a notch as I am currently installing the > > crown molding. (I didn't think of doing this while I had the sheet rock > > crew in replacing the popcorn ceilings with flat.) I'm looking for an > > improvement not a pinnacle. This is not the right room in the house for a > > home theater. I have one of those. I'll be investing in it later. I > > want this space to look great and function for general TV viewing. The > > quality sound for this space will be coming from a baby grand player > > piano. The TV viewing is less of a feature. My wife is an excellent > > decorator and I trust her. > > > > So, with that said, I'm shooting for the $1000 for all 5 and a sub > > range. The greatest challenge is that there is no back wall or right wall > > to this viewing space. You can see what I'm talking about on my flickr > > page. The TV is going above the fireplace. > > > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454844/ > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454250/ > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/61454890/ > > that bare column stands at what used to be the corner of a separate > > room, seen in these before shots: > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052452/ > > http://flickr.com/photos/richardbronosky/56052494/ > > > > The issue of not having a back wall (cause it's open to the kitchen) > > makes me think that speakers in the walls or in the ceiling will be hard > > to point toward the viewing space. Suggestions? > > I know I'm jumping in late, but if I had your situation, I'd love to > have this Klipsch system: > http://www.klipsch.com/product/product.aspx?cid=936&dmore=False&rmore=False > http://www.klipsch.com/product/product.aspx?cid=906 > > I believe you can hang the speakers on the wall, and they're low > profile, so they blend with the tv. Use the stands for the speakers > that have to go where there's no walls. > > Josh
ughh, Klipsch, second behind Bose. Horn tweeters suck unless your trying to fill a stadium with Metallica sound levels... Granted, they've toned them down in recent years, but its still gimick. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list mythtv-users@mythtv.org http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users